1871 Census

	Enumeration Districts	Enumerators
1871 District 8	Part of the Parish of Clophill including Church Street, Church Lane, Jakes Lane, Mill Lane, Strand Houses.	John White Burrow
1871 District 9	Part of the Parish of Clophill including Great Lane, Little Lane, Back Street, Brickwall Farm, Northfield Farm, Cainhoe, Cainhoe Wood Cottages, Park Farm, Beadlow.	Smith Flanders

People

Population

Males = 565, Females = 655, Total = 1221.

Males aged over 15 years = 363. Females aged over 15 years = 379.

Occupations

115 men gave their occupation as Agricultural Labourer.

264 women gave their occupation as Straw Plaiter

Places

Roads

Back Street, Great Lane, Jakes Lane, Little Lane, Mill Lane, Silsoe Road,

Strand Houses. Now called The Strand. Must have been built between 1861 and 1871.

Brick Kiln. Now Kiln Lane.

Church Street. Most of the High Street right up to the Flying horse was called Church Street.

High Street or Church Street. Strangely, one sheet of the census refers to six households (probably at the east end of the village)as being in High Street or Church Street.

Farms

Beadlow Farm, Brickwall Farm, Cainhoe Farm, Home Cainhoe Park Farm, Northfield Farm, Warren Farm House.

Pubs

Beer Shop. Probably the Rising Sun which is at the east end of the High Street and is now a private house.

Compassess Inn. This is now a private house in the High Street

New Inn. This was at 120 High Street.

Flying Horse Inn, Green Man.

Houses

Clophill House, The Rectory.

Others

Beadlow, Beadlow Wood, Cainhoe Wood Cottage.

Last updated: 9 February, 2009